Demographics of Greece

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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As of 2021, the population of Greece is projected at 10.37 million, down by 0.50% compared with 10.42 million in 2020. Greece is ranked 87th in terms of population and 225th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 74.11 thousand births in Greece in 2021. That is 203 per day, which is ranked 121st. The crude birth rate is 7.15 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Greece in 2021. That is 319 per day, which is ranked 72nd. The crude death rate is 11.22 per 1000 people.

8.86 million people are living in urban areas, which is 80.04% of Greece population. Greece is ranked 68th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Greece in 2021 is 96.41 males per 100 females. There are 5.09 million males and 5.28 million females in Greece. The percentage of female population is 50.92% compare to 49.08% male population. Greece has 0.19 million more females than males. Greece is at 52nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Greece population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	7,668,792	-
1955	8,011,132	0.79
1960	8,273,628	0.54
1965	8,453,819	0.41
1970	8,663,568	0.58
1975	9,014,091	1.06
1980	9,627,004	1.17
1985	9,968,233	0.52
1990	10,225,990	0.69
1995	10,745,502	0.94
2000	11,082,103	0.49
2005	11,224,800	-0.09
2010	10,887,640	-0.65
2015	10,659,737	-0.39
2016	10,615,183	-0.42
2017	10,569,449	-0.43
2018	10,522,244	-0.45
2019	10,473,452	-0.46
2020	10,423,056	-0.48
2021	10,370,747	-0.50

Population
Growth

Greece death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	72,746	146,923	9.46	19.14
1955	75,188	165,403	9.39	20.65
1960	72,126	163,688	8.73	19.82
1965	74,791	158,797	8.84	18.77
1970	82,668	154,982	9.53	17.86
1975	88,894	153,613	9.80	16.93
1980	92,677	150,474	9.69	15.72
1985	94,026	125,192	9.44	12.58
1990	94,913	106,720	9.23	10.37
1995	96,962	106,680	9.05	9.96
2000	100,657	107,161	9.09	9.68
2005	103,647	111,282	9.30	9.99
2010	107,445	105,635	9.83	9.66
2015	111,759	89,090	10.49	8.36
2020	115,745	76,268	11.11	7.32
2021	116,298	74,105	11.22	7.15

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Greece
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	3,999,378	3,669,416	-	52.151
1955	4,332,425	3,678,699	1.49	54.080
1960	4,626,936	3,644,852	1.21	55.936
1965	5,067,678	3,382,826	1.89	59.969
1970	5,561,283	3,098,512	1.90	64.220
1975	6,031,206	2,978,711	1.82	66.940
1980	6,680,878	2,953,626	1.88	69.343
1985	7,034,015	2,940,724	0.80	70.518
1990	7,324,309	2,924,228	1.00	71.467
1995	7,781,147	3,008,228	1.15	72.119
2000	8,102,077	3,040,042	0.63	72.716
2005	8,413,925	2,887,279	0.79	74.452
2010	8,732,440	2,713,565	0.49	76.292
2015	8,755,057	2,462,743	0.02	78.046
2020	8,850,409	2,252,163	0.21	79.715
2021	8,864,457	2,210,862	0.16	80.038

Population
Urbanization

Greece population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	207,390	194,917	402,307	3.88	106.399
05-09	235,157	220,266	455,423	4.39	106.760
10-14	275,262	258,504	533,766	5.15	106.483
15-19	270,901	257,937	528,838	5.10	105.026
20-24	268,851	258,750	527,601	5.09	103.904
25-29	272,872	249,277	522,149	5.03	109.465
30-34	298,982	275,229	574,211	5.54	108.630
35-39	365,110	349,105	714,215	6.89	104.585
40-44	393,946	380,546	774,492	7.47	103.521
45-49	395,521	393,418	788,939	7.61	100.535
50-54	395,127	404,546	799,673	7.71	97.672
55-59	348,402	371,221	719,623	6.94	93.853
60-64	322,591	358,841	681,432	6.57	89.898
65-69	272,090	316,458	588,548	5.68	85.980
70-74	253,483	300,369	553,852	5.34	84.391
75-79	186,894	226,984	413,878	3.99	82.338
80-84	159,788	219,548	379,336	3.66	72.780
85-89	107,986	159,009	266,995	2.57	67.912
90-94	47,879	68,080	115,959	1.12	70.328
95-99	11,045	15,561	26,606	0.26	70.979
100+	1,202	1,702	2,904	0.03	70.623
Total	5,090,479	5,280,268	10,370,747		96.406

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